Dental Care & Oral Surgery Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Has the latest budget placed health firmly on the back burner? 5/19/2009

Major health reform seems to have been placed on the back burner in considerations of the Federal Budget, according to Tony McBride, Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance ...

AMA says budget will do nothing to satisfy vital health needs 5/14/2009

The AMA says tonight’s budget does nothing to provide Australians with confidence that their health needs will be met in the face of the recession. There is nothing to cushion ...

New partnership and era starts in health and hospital reform 5/14/2009

In the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government is delivering a record $64 billion boost to health and hospital funding to drive vital reform in the nation’s health and hospital system.

AMA says importance of health must be reflected in the budget 4/30/2009

The AMA has urged government to ensure the importance Australians place on health is reflected in the budget process.

New ISO spec supports privacy protection in health informatics 3/26/2009

A new ISO technical specification will help to reconcile the increasing use in healthcare of electronic processing of patient data with increasing patient expectations for privacy ...

Government's new nursing home oral and dental health plan 3/10/2009

“The announcement recently by the Minister, Justine Elliott outlining steps to improve the oral health of nursing home residents is most welcome. It demonstrates the first stage of ...

No short term solutions to closing the gap on Indigenous health 3/10/2009

The AMA welcomes the commitment the Rudd Government has shown over the past 12 months to closing the Indigenous health gap.

Aust launches first dental plan specifically for nursing homes 3/5/2009

Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, has announced the preparation of the first oral and dental health care plan for nursing home residents.

Quality of oral health is worse for people outside of capital cities 3/3/2009

Oral health among people who live in non-capital-city areas is poorer than capital-city dwellers, according to a report released recently by the Australian Institute of Health and ...

Reform Alliance has responded to Health Commission report 2/24/2009

The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) has welcomed the interim report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission this week.

Aust Health and Hospitals Commission Report misses mark 2/24/2009

The recommendation from the Australian Health and Hospitals Commission (AHHC) for a universal “Denticare” scheme is impractical, nonsensical, overly simplistic and flies in the face ...

AHHA claims health issues ignored in stimulus package 2/5/2009

By ignoring the health sector in the recent stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, ...

New $12 Million rural health construction and equipment boost 2/3/2009

The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has announced $12 million to be invested in rural and regional health infrastructure under the Government’s new National Rural and ...

Aust technology used to improve health record keeping 2/3/2009

CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide – the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records.

$2.5 mln for new scholarships to boost health services in bush 1/27/2009

Rural and regional health services will get a boost through new scholarships that enable allied health students to undertake clinical placements in rural or remote communities during ...

ADA NSW and Aust Red Cross team up to provide dental relief 11/25/2008

The NSW Branch of the Australian Dental Association (ADA NSW) and Australian Red Cross have launched a new scheme, providing free dental care for asylum seekers.

ADA supports FSANZ move to consider fluoride in bottled water 11/13/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) supports a report releasedy for public comment by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) that proposes amending the Australia New Zealand ...

ADA supports minister on idea of informed financial consent 11/11/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) supports informed financial consent and so agrees with the principle in comments by the Minister for Health on fee disclosure.

AHHA has new ideas on how to break current dental impasse 10/28/2008

Expensive ‘high end’ treatments should be excluded from the current Medicare-based program and the saved funds put into dental services for the disadvantaged, in a proposal put ...

$100 million facility will supersize nanotechnology research 10/21/2008

Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, has launched a $100 million collaborative research facility that will provide Australia's researchers with ...

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